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[ do you know what ryo appreciates? ryo appreciates how caring dee is. it's something he's very cognizant of, even when he's a lot more sober than he is now: dee cares about people, and he's not shy about showing it.

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[ which isn't for like, three weeks, but she was just looking for an excuse to get him to agree. and man, he's got the spelling down, but handling that tiny spacebar on the phone keyboard is a huge responsibility. ]

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[It's ten pm, Ryo. His nightlife might have died down since the early twenties and even more since, well. Since Ryo, because what he's looking for can no longer be found anywhere but with him, but he still has a television and beer and no reason to go to bed before twelve.]

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[ there's radio silence on ryo's end for a long few minutes. he's not ignoring him on purpose -- but diana has definitely caught onto the fact that ryo's been texting, and is also definitely setting him up with a cab ride to dee's place with instructions to remember to drink a lot of water.

his phone's on silent. he's probably not gonna see any messages dee sends him until after he arrives, knocking as steadily as he can on the door. ]

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[Dee is by the door in moments, opening it to let Ryo into his very minimalistic place. Very much a bachelor pad and probably destined to remain so, since his only motivation to change it would be moving. Moving somewhere with Ryo.

Seemed like he was going to live the bachelor life for a while longer. Giant couch, lots of beer bottles, posters on the wall and a big television. Empty apartment that focused mostly on the parts of Dee the casual observer knew.

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Not really Diane. Mostly the beer. Why do people get people drunk for their birthdays? It seems- impolite.

[ his face is a little red -- he has enough good sense to be embarrassed right now, but he's also spectacularly happy to see dee. he doesn't drink often; being surrounded by strangers in a bar on top of it was a little overwhelming.

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[Flushed and with his eyes a bit unfocused but that smile on his face, Ryo looks beautiful, as per usual. Dee focuses less on that and more on getting him to sit down on the couch, leaning down over him with a hand on the backrest, arching his eyebrows.]

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[ oh, that's unfair. he can feel the heat on his face again, and he's reaching up, just catching the side of dee's cheek with his fingertips - definitely the kind of affection he's too uncomfortable to show most of the time. ]

I mean it, though. M'lucky I got you as my partner. Couldn't imagine doing it without you.

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Wait, no. Bad. Dee turns his head to the side, then ends up lowering it so he can lean it against Ryo's shoulder instead, finally sitting down on the couch next to him. The hardest thing he's ever had to do and he keeps having to do it.]

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[What he wants is more of the feeling of Ryo touching him the way he's touching his scalp. He feels as if he could just melt against him. It's been a while since he's had a lot in the way of affectionate touching, a downside to his lifestyle change.]

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[ yep, this is the part he'll be humiliated about later, he decides distantly. he's okay with that. just because he's a little touch-starved when he's drunk isn't too incriminating, right? he can handle that.

he turns his own face to the side, nearly brushing Dee's temple with his mouth as he speaks in a low murmur: ]